Highway of Death

==Controversies==

==Controversies==

[[File:Highway of Death, DShKM or Type 54 HMG mounted on top of a turret of a tank.JPEG|thumb|Abandoned vehicles clog the Basra–Kuwait highway out of Kuwait City after the retreat of Iraqi forces. A view from top of an Iraqi tank on February 26, 1991. The car in the centre is a [[Mercedes-Benz W126]] S-class.]]

[[File:Highway of Death, DShKM or Type 54 HMG mounted on top of a turret of a tank.JPEG|thumb|Abandoned vehicles clog the Basra–Kuwait highway out of Kuwait City after the retreat of Iraqi forces. A view from top of an Iraqi tank on February 26, 1991. The car in the centre is a [[Mercedes-Benz W126]] S-class with an Iraqi occupation license plate.{{Cite web |date=April 26th 2026 |title=IRAQ OCCUPATION OF KUWAIT LICENSE PLATE احتلال العراق للكويت لوحة أرقام السيارة |url=https://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/iraq-occupation-kuwait-license-plate-525501194 |url-status=live |access-date=April 23rd 2026 |website=worthpoint.com}}]]

Controversy rose on the destruction of the Iraqi forces in the Highway of Death. Commentators argued that the destruction of the retreating Iraqi units was a disproportionate use of force, saying that they were retreating from Kuwait in compliance with [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 660|UN Resolution 660]] which was passed 2 August 1990. It had been followed by UN Resolutions [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 661|661]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 662|662]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 664|664]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 665|665]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 666|666]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 667|667]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 669|669]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 670|670]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 674|674]], and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 677|677]] continuing the UN's demands that Iraq retreat for Kuwait before [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 678|UN Resolution 678]] authorized UN member states to use "all necessary means" to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait.{{Cite book |last=Baker |first=James Addison |author-link=James A. Baker III |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Politics_of_Diplomacy.html?id=To66OmJc6ZkC |title=The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War, and Peace, 1989–1992 |last2=DeFrank |first2=Thomas M. |date=1995 |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |isbn=978-0-399-14087-7 |pages=317–320 |language=en}}

Controversy rose on the destruction of the Iraqi forces in the Highway of Death. Commentators argued that the destruction of the retreating Iraqi units was a disproportionate use of force, saying that they were retreating from Kuwait in compliance with [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 660|UN Resolution 660]] which was passed 2 August 1990. It had been followed by UN Resolutions [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 661|661]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 662|662]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 664|664]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 665|665]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 666|666]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 667|667]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 669|669]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 670|670]], [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 674|674]], and [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 677|677]] continuing the UN's demands that Iraq retreat for Kuwait before [[United Nations Security Council Resolution 678|UN Resolution 678]] authorized UN member states to use "all necessary means" to remove Iraqi forces from Kuwait.{{Cite book |last=Baker |first=James Addison |author-link=James A. Baker III |url=https://books.google.com/books/about/The_Politics_of_Diplomacy.html?id=To66OmJc6ZkC |title=The Politics of Diplomacy: Revolution, War, and Peace, 1989–1992 |last2=DeFrank |first2=Thomas M. |date=1995 |publisher=G.P. Putnam's Sons |isbn=978-0-399-14087-7 |pages=317–320 |language=en}}